By Kurt Campbell Imagine flying north to go south. Few places illustrate the Caribbean’s connectivity challenges better than Guyana. Travelling from Georgetown to Rio de Janeiro this week for the 82nd Annual General Meeting of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), I found myself doing what many Guyanese travellers know all too well, flying in...

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A 23-year-old farmer was arrested as Police continue to investigate the killing of a seven-year-old boy from Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo. In a release, Police Headquarters said the farmer, who also resides in Zeelugt, was arrested on Saturday. The farmer is in Police custody assisting with investigations. Seven-year-old Adriel Aftab Mohamed was killed during a...

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Region Two is on the verge of a historic sporting transformation, as the newly constructed Anna Regina National Stadium is officially scheduled for commissioning on Friday, July 3. President Dr. Irfaan Ali is expected to officially cut the ribbon to unveil the state-of-the-art facility. Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., confirmed the...

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…all Directors, Chairperson and Deputy Chair to be appointed by Finance Minister …some loans to attract interest, collateral  …no penalty for corrupt banking officials seeking kickbacks   …loophole in Bill allows foreign nationals to cash in (Kaieteur News) – Proposed legislation to govern the Guyana Development Bank was on Friday afternoon tabled in the National Assembly […]

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(Kaieteur News) – Police have arrested the suspect in the murder of seven-year-old Adriel Aftab Mohamed, and the attempted murder of 72-year-old Halima Itwari of Zeelugt New Housing Scheme. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told Kaieteur News that the suspect was arrested on Saturday at his residence and is being interviewed by detectives. Mohamed was found […]

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Aljazeera – High-ranking Lebanese army officers are among at least 12 people killed in Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, days after the countries agreed to a conditional ceasefire during United States-mediated talks. Lebanon’s army said a brigadier general, a captain and a soldier, died in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road. […]

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